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Article #69Re: An email address for life ... now you can
From: Gary Stern
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 00:00
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In message <4jfiak$pee@inferno.mpx.com.au> - smilie@jolt.mpx.com.au (Anthony Ru mble) writes: :> :>Mark Delany (markd@mira.net.au) wrote: :>: Craig Gibson <craig@interact.net.au> writes: :>: :>: >Have you ever wanted an email address that never has to change when you move jobs, providers, location etc. :>: :>: >Now you can...... :>: :>: >PO Box Email services provides: :>: :>: I'm sure that they provide a fine service, but don't forget that you :>: can have a domain (and thus an email address) for *life* by way of the :>: .id.au domain mechanism. :>: :>: Plenty of ISPs around the country participate in this mechanism, there :>: are also non-ISP alternatives for interested parties, pricing is very :>: reasonable (and free under some circumstances) and there are :>: mechanisms in place to pick up the service if any given .id.au ISP :>: disappears. :>: :>: In short. Your .id.au domain should be safe regardless of what :>: happens. :>: :>: If you are after further info, I believe that there is a web page :>: around the traps. Can someone provide the URL (is it at Fulcrum?). :>: :>: Disclaimer: Sure, we provide a .id.au domain service, but a trivial :>: analysis of most .id.au ISPs shows that pretty much every participant :>: supports the principal of .id.au at a very nominal cost. In other :>: words, shop around as all the prices are excellent. :> :>The main problem with this is, that they have to organise DNS Servers, :>mail redirection etc etc..which is far too complex for the average :>user, there needs to be a service which handles all that for :>them, they just set where they want their email delivered. :> :>-- :>Anthony Rumble - aka SmilieZ :>Mobile 015-955-042 Pager 016-634-997 :>Geek code v3.1: GAT d-- s++:+++ a-- C++++ UL++++$ P+++++$ L+++++$ :>E--- W+++$ N++ o K++ w--- O---- M-- V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+++ 5++ :>X++++ R tv+ b++ DI+++++ D++ G+ e h--- r++ y+ :>Home Page/PGP key http://www.infotainment.com.au/smiliez/ I know its been said before but.... Just take a look at http://www.pobox.com Why reinvent the wheel, they provide an excellent and quick service. I haven't been able to fault it yet. Gary Stern --------------------------------- gstern@pobox.com Team OS/2 Member //// http://www.cairns.com/~gstern "REEF PALMS" the nicest and friendliest place to stay in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia. //// http://www.cairns.com/~reefpalms/reefpalms.html
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd2e3,b0ddb8ae4527eefd X-Google-Attributes: gidfd2e3,public X-Google-Thread: 111576,b0ddb8ae4527eefd X-Google-Attributes: gid111576,public X-Google-Thread: 109f97,b0ddb8ae4527eefd X-Google-Attributes: gid109f97,public X-Google-Thread: f77fd,b0ddb8ae4527eefd X-Google-Attributes: gidf77fd,public X-Google-Thread: 1090e7,b0ddb8ae4527eefd X-Google-Attributes: gid1090e7,public From: gstern@ozemail.com.au (Gary Stern) Subject: Re: An email address for life ... now you can Date: 1996/03/29 Message-ID: <4jgti2$fa6@oznet07.ozemail.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 144850097 references: <315A9406.49DF@interact.net.au> <4je83m$8dr@bushwire.mira.net.au> organization: "Reef Palms" the nicest & friendliest place to stay in Cairns, Far North Queensland Australia newsgroups: aus.net.mail,aus.net.announce,aus.net.access,canb.general,canb.announce